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Dried Fruits.
During the year 19 samples (all informal) of dried fruits, were
purchased and submitted to the Public Analyst.
In no case was a sulphite preservative reported to be present in
excess of the quantity permitted by the Public Health (Preservatives,
etc., in Food) Regulations.
Drugs.
The number of samples of drugs submitted to the Public
Analyst for analysis during the year was 7 (all of which were
informal samples) and comprised 2 varieties. In each case the
sample was found to be genuine.
Ice Cream.
There are 168 premises in the borough in which ice cream is
manufactured, stored or sold, 19 of these being occupied by Italian
vendors.
Twenty new premises were registered during the year and 20
were removed from the register on discontinuance of the business,
the number of registered premises therefore remaining the same.
All the premises, stalls, barrows, &c., from which the trade is
carried on are kept under inspection during the season.
During the year 301 inspections were made and 11 notices
were served (8 intimation and 3 statutory) for cleansing of premises.
The improvement in the manner in which this commodity is
now prepared and sold in Battersea, referred to in previous annual
reports, is on the whole being maintained.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
The provisions of the above-named Order continued to be
enforced by the Council's Officers during the year under report.
It was found necessary in five cases to institute legal proceedings
for breaches of the requirements of the Order with regard
to the filling of milk bottles. In one case the offence consisted of
filling a bottle in the street, and in four cases the opening of bottles
already filled and sealed. The results of the proceedings are set
out on page 76.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Under this Order the Council are authorised to issue licences
to others than producers (i.e., persons producing milk for sale from
herds over which they have control). The licences so granted are
available for a period up to the end of the year in which they were
issued. There is a scale of fees payable to the Licensing Authority
by applicants for licences.